The thesis studies the martingale properties, probabilistic methods and efficient unbiased Monte Carlo simulation methods for various time-homogeneous diffusion models commonly used in mathematical finance. Some of the ...

The Italian labour market seems unable to allocate a significant fraction of the working age population efficiently. The gap between the employment rate in Italy and in the other developed economies is foremost attributable ...

This thesis presents a study of how identification, according to Kenneth Burke's theory, can be observed in the media-related practices promoted by the cyber-activist collective Anonymous. Identification is the capacity ...

Elongated nanostructures have attracted a great deal of interest due to unique optical, electrical and physical properties. In particular, silver nanowires and nanobeams have proven to be top contenders for a variety of ...

During the last glacial maximum (LGM), some 20 ka ago, northern Manitoba was situated beneath 3 to 4.5 km of ice, on the outer fringe of a major ice spreading center of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. The region has also been ...

Leisure can provide a central context for the core adolescent issue of identity development. Given the importance of leisure in adolescents’ lives, it is imperative to understand the constraints to leisure and possible ...

During the 1960s large trenched expressways were introduced into our urban centres to accommodate the booming vehicular traffic.
These expressways were built on an enormous scale, often traversing entire cities. Unfortunately, ...

Gene therapy has emerged as a promising strategy for the treatment or prevention of many acquired or genetic diseases that are considered incurable at the present time. Although viral and non-viral vector approaches are ...

Runtime verification (RV) is an effective and automated method for specification based offline testing as well as online monitoring of complex real-world systems. Firstly, a software framework for RV needs to exhibit certain ...